Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/angī

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *anguz +‎ *-ī (adjective suffix).

Adjective

*angī

1. narrow

Inflection

ja-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*angī
Genitive	*angijas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*angī	*angiju	*angī
Accusative	*angijanā	*angijā	*angī
Genitive	*angijas	*angijeʀā	*angijas
Dative	*angijumē	*angijeʀē	*angijumē
Instrumental	*angiju	*angijeʀu	*angiju
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*angijē	*angijō	*angiju
Accusative	*angijā	*angijā	*angiju
Genitive	*angijeʀō	*angijeʀō	*angijeʀō
Dative	*angijēm, *angijum	*angijēm, *angijum	*angijēm, *angijum
Instrumental	*angijēm, *angijum	*angijēm, *angijum	*angijēm, *angijum

Descendants

• Old English: ange, onge, ænge, enge
  • Middle English: ange
  • ⇒ Old English: angnæġl
    • Middle English: agnail
      • English: agnail
        • ⇒ English: hangnail (by folk etymology)
      • Scots: angernail, wrangnail, ragnail
• Old Frisian: *enge
  • Saterland Frisian: ääng
  • West Frisian: ing
  • ⇒ Old Frisian: angneil, ongneil
• Old Saxon: engi
  • Middle Low German: enge
    • German Low German: eng
• Old Dutch: *engi
  • Middle Dutch: enge
    • Dutch: eng
      • Afrikaans: eng
      • →? English: eng
    • Limburgish: ing
• Old High German: engi, enge
  • Middle High German: enge
    • Cimbrian: énghe
    • German: eng
    • Hunsrik: eng
    • Luxembourgish: enk
    • Rhine Franconian: eng (Frankfurt)
    • Yiddish: ענג (eng)